Concert order:
Todor Skalovski: Velitchayem Vas
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No 3 in e minor, Op. 3
Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
Adagio
Allegro
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (choir)
II. Cujus animam gementem (Rosanna Lewis)
III. O quam tristis et afflicta (choir)
IV. Quae maerebat et dolebat (Beatriz Ferraz de Oliveira)
V. Quis est homo qui non fleret (choir)
VI. Vidit suum dulcet natum (Rosanna Lewis)
VII. Eia, Mater, fons amoris (Liina Sumberg)
VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (choir)
IX. Sancta Mater, istud agas (Rosanna Lewis and Beatriz Ferraz de Oliveira)
X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (Beatriz Ferraz de Oliveira)
XI. Inflammatus et accensus (Beatriz Ferraz de Oliveira and Liina Sumberg)
XII. Quando corpus morietur (choir)
XIII. Amen (choir)
Performers
Soloists: Rosanna Lewis, Beatriz Ferraz de Oliveira, Liina Sumberg
Choir Vocal Ease, www.vocaleasebru.com, is an international female choir formed in Brussels in 2010 by a group of experienced choral singers and the choral director Marta Jakubiec. The choir has already given concerts in Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and Poland. Apart from singing female choir repertoire, the group also organizes baroque projects for mixed choirs inviting male singers and baroque orchestras. If you would like to sing in our choir, contact us at: vocaleasebru@gmail.com. Follow us on Facebook (Vocal Ease Brussels) and Instagram (vocaleasebru).
Sopranos: Geraldine Barry, Sonia Collaço, Fiona Collier, Agnieszka Karczmarz, Ülle Kurvits, Anna Leoue, Susanne Nielsen, Liina Sumberg
Altos: Helen Campbell, Pam Clements, Judith Floyd, Maria Horodyska, Eva Merveld, Esther Sermage, Małgorzata Tourdanov
Iris Ensemble is a Baroque ensemble based in Brussels – a female sextet with musicians from five different countries. Our name ‘Iris’ refers to the symbol of the city of Brussels, the flower Iris, where we began our musical journey together. As a female and multicultural ensemble, we show our voice and strength via music, the universal language par excellence that transcends all boundaries, cultures and languages. Music unites! That’s the message we want to pass on to our audience.
We perform according to an historically informed practice on period instruments. Being a string quintet with harpsichord allows us to play orchestral music with the delicacy of chamber music.
Musicians:
Katja Katanova, violin
Sophie Paeshuyse, violin
Els De Jonghe, viola
Sanna Gillerfors, cello
Liesa Deville, double bass
Vasco Pereira, harpsichord
Marta Jakubiec is a Polish choir conductor having wide experience in conducting both professional and amateur choirs (among others: BBC Singers, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Young Choir Vox Laci in Portugal, the Estonian Choir Beene and BachWerk in Brussels). Marta also studied harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and uses her knowledge organizing Baroque concerts by Vocal Ease and instrumental groups. She is also a passionate music teacher for people of all ages and the founder of the music centre Do-Re-Mi, (www.doremibelgium.com). Marta also works as a vocal coach in projects organized by Operamus (www.operamus.eu), aimed at the performance of Italian operas at BOZAR by children from primary schools in Belgium, together with professional orchestras and singers.
The choir would be delighted if you would join us for drinks and nibbles after the concert.
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